Re: ldap securitystore / problem configuring simple example JAAS Authentication

2005-01-19 Thread David_Geleyn
Hi James, If your application is going to be marketed toward medium-to-large companies, LDAP support could end up being a deal-maker for you. I know that it's one of the standard requirements we have for any software we purchase. It's enough of a hassle to manage 18,000 users in one

Re: ldap securitystore / problem configuring simple example JAAS Authentication

2005-01-18 Thread David_Geleyn
Hi, I think it will be better if I summarize what I am trying to do: -Thousands of users and roles/groups are already defined at ldap. -There is an application using slide as backend, it accesses slide using webdav. Users can't access slide directly. Users are authenticated in this

Re: ldap securitystore / problem configuring simple example JAAS Authentication

2005-01-18 Thread Robert r. Sanders
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I think it will be better if I summarize what I am trying to do: -Thousands of users and roles/groups are already defined at ldap. -There is an application using slide as backend, it accesses slide using webdav. Users can't access slide directly. Users are

Re: ldap securitystore / problem configuring simple example JAAS Authentication

2005-01-18 Thread David_Geleyn
Somewhere between #3 and #4 : You might also want to take a look at: http://acegisecurity.sourceforge.net/ From what I've seen it looks pretty complete, and might offer some interesting features. Thanks for the link! Indeed, it seems an decent solution for the centralized user information

Re: ldap securitystore / problem configuring simple example JAAS Authentication

2005-01-18 Thread James Mason
Is it possible to get a *list* of users and roles from JAAS? I think that's something that would be needed to be compatible with WebDAV ACL spec. -James On Wed, 2005-01-19 at 00:34 +0900, Carlos Villegas wrote: There seems to be the need for a JAAS store! There is a Slide JAAS login module

Re: ldap securitystore / problem configuring simple example JAAS Authentication

2005-01-18 Thread James Mason
On Tue, 2005-01-18 at 15:40 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I think it will be better if I summarize what I am trying to do: -Thousands of users and roles/groups are already defined at ldap. -There is an application using slide as backend, it accesses slide using webdav. Users can't

Re: ldap securitystore / problem configuring simple example JAAS Authentication

2005-01-18 Thread David_Geleyn
Hi Jason, First of all, I want to thank you for your prompt and clear answers! Thanks! LDAP is a good candidate for this. It is a standard and fairly well supported, so integrating third-party applications should be easier than with a custom solution. I taught about it as well, but our

Re: ldap securitystore / problem configuring simple example JAAS Authentication

2005-01-18 Thread Jason Harrop
fully implemented LDAP server in Java. As far as I know there aren't any java open source LDAP servers, except the JavaLDAP project of Clayton Donley (not finished) and the commercialization of it. there is also the Apache Directory Server, which is coming along nicely:

Re: ldap securitystore / problem configuring simple example JAAS Authentication

2005-01-18 Thread James Mason
On Tue, 2005-01-18 at 17:53 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Jason, First of all, I want to thank you for your prompt and clear answers! Thanks! LDAP is a good candidate for this. It is a standard and fairly well supported, so integrating third-party applications should be easier

Re: ldap securitystore / problem configuring simple example JAAS Authentication

2005-01-18 Thread Carlos Villegas
James Mason wrote: Is it possible to get a *list* of users and roles from JAAS? I think that's something that would be needed to be compatible with WebDAV ACL spec. Mmm... I don't think it's possible. Maybe that's why it hasn't been suggested before ;-) But maybe it's possible to populate the

Re: ldap securitystore / problem configuring simple example JAAS Authentication

2005-01-18 Thread James Mason
On Wed, 2005-01-19 at 10:13 +0900, Carlos Villegas wrote: James Mason wrote: Is it possible to get a *list* of users and roles from JAAS? I think that's something that would be needed to be compatible with WebDAV ACL spec. Mmm... I don't think it's possible. Maybe that's why it hasn't